Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: MIM080
Course Name: World Metropolises: Modernity and Architecture
Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
4
Language of instruction: Turkish
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. ABDULLAH UĞUR TANYELİ
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr. ABDULLAH UĞUR TANYELİ
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: Teaching the evolotion of modernity in a metropolitan context
Course Content: Modernity as a world-historical reality, which created modernity is a by-product of metropolitan life. The course discusses metropolitan modernity in a global context, without limited with a single cultural geography.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Introducing the theoretical infrastructure of modernity
2) Introducing the theories of modern metropolitan life
3) Learning to discuss architecture in urban context

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) What is modernity? Metropolises and the problematics of producing modernity
2) London: After the 16th century
3) Amsterdam: after the 17th century
4) Istanbul: After the 18th century
5) Paris: After the 18th century
6) Calcutta/Kalkata: After the 17th century
7) Midterm exam
8) St. Petersburg: After the 18th century
9) Berlin: After the 18th Century
10) Tokyo: After the 18th century
11) New York: After the 18th century
12) Cairo and Alexandria: After the 19th century
13) Hong Kong: After the 19th century
14) Tehran: After the late-19th century

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Uğur Tanyeli, Korku Metropolü İstanbul: 18. Yüzyıldan Bugüne, Metis, İsdtanbul, 2022.
Efnan Dervişoğlu, Türkiye Perspektifinden Kent Sosyolojisi Çalışmaları, Örgün Yayınevi, Ankara, 2010.
Henri Lefevbre, Kentsel Devrim, Sel Yay., İstanbul, 2021
References: Lewis Mumford, Tarih Boyunca Kent - Kökenleri, Geçirdiği Dönüşümler ve Geleceği, çev. Tamer Tosun, Gürol Koca, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 50
Final 1 % 50
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 28
Midterms 1 2
Final 1 3
Total Workload 75